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One night, as Richard Jaccarino was sleeping under his poncho, the Japanese counterattack began. Just below their...

The 96th Division [Annotator's Note: 96th Infantry Division] spent Christmas [Annotator's Note: 25 December 1944] on...

Marvin Martin served at the end and immediately after World War 2. He had several friends who were eager to join the...

Nelsyn Ernest Brooks Wade went to Norfolk, Virginia, where he picked up his ship. The ship held four LCMs [Annotator's...

Ervin Lloyd Rasmussen was on many islands [Annotator's Note: in the Pacific Ocean] but the names escape him. There was...

During the Battle of Leyte Gulf, Paul J. Frisco and the USS Cushing (DD-797) were part of Task Group 38.2 under Admiral...

Melvin Munch was introduced to the Navy in boot camp in San Diego. It was rough. Getting up early each morning to begin...

Bruce McCormick was born in Altoona, Pennsylvania and lived there until 1939 when they moved to Chesapeake, Virginia....

Fred Bergeron was 19 years old when he took part in the Battle of Midway. He did not really have any idea just how...

Jacob Velfling, Jr. was born in Cadillac, Michigan in May 1926. Velfling played many sports in high school and had a...

Norman Hatch [Annotator's Note: a photographer in the US Marine Corps] shows the footage of "Marines at Tarawa" [...

After the war, Robert Marich worked in television. A show he produced featured couples who had been married a long time...

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